COLEEN Rooney has spoken for the first time about becoming a mum – and how baby Kai is already following in dad Wayne's footsteps.

In an exclusive interview with Macclesfield's sister paper, the M.E.N, Coleen, 23, of Prestbury, said she is learning 'as she goes along' how to be a mum to her 'gorgeous' son and that her husband is doing 'fantastically well'.

And she revealed that the 12-week-old is already taking a keen interest in his dad's career.

She said: "I sat down with Kai to watch his dad play football on Wednesday night.

"Kai's gorgeous, he's always laughing. He's still quite little, at only 12 weeks old but he's getting bigger all the time and you can tell he's starting to recognise who everyone is.

"And he has already begun to follow his father's footsteps liking football."

A trim-looking Coleen was speaking at a glitzy hotel launch. She said: "I'm really enjoying being a mum, it's a bit difficult at first but you learn as you go along and I've had loads of help from my mum and Wayne's mum."

She praised her husband, who broke the hearts of Manchester City fans with an injury time winning goal for United in the Carling Cup semi-final on Wednesday.

She said: "Wayne has done so well, especially at the moment - he's doing fantastically well.

"But he works so hard for it and it's really paying off. I don't know how he does it sometimes, he's just so dedicated. It means so much to people and he scored the winner so he was made up. Now he just wants to keep it up and play the best he can for his team."

Coleen said her husband was particularly pleased after United boss Sir Alex Ferguson described his performance as 'truly world class' in a post-match interview.

"When Sir Alex says something like that it means a lot to him, but more so because it was after the Manchester derby," said Coleen at the event in Liverpool.

She also revealed that she will jet out to South Africa with Kai to watch Wayne play for England in the World Cup this summer.

She added: "We had a great time at the WorldC up in Germany and love football tournaments but getting to South Africa is a bit more complicated now with the baby.

"We're definitely going to go but just for the later stages because I've got a feeling they've got a really good chance."